GROUP
Correspondence files
- By
- Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922
- Reference
- Series-0233
- Description
Comprises correspondence to the Secretary of the Society relating to a wide range of Society business. Prior to the 1920s the files include editorial correspondence and discussions of editorial matters, particularly for the periods when Stephenson Percy Smith was both Secretary and Editor. From the 1920s editorial matters tend to be covered in a separate series of editorial files, although editorial matters continued, of course, to be dealt with as part of the Secretary's business as well. Included are a cache of unsorted papers and correspondence maintained by Clyde R H Taylor when he was secretary-treasurer in the early 1950s (folders MS-Papers-1187-347 to -356).
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- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Polynesian Society: Records
- Format
- Business correspondence
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Correspondence
Date: 1941-1947
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-07/06
Description: Includes correspondence labelled Publications, mainly concerned with subscriptions and publications, and some correspondence with authors Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1945-1951
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-07/03
Description: Includes editorial correspondence, 1946-1948, mainly concerned with publication of papers and correspondence with authors Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1947-1949
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-07/05
Description: Includes correspondence, mainly concerned with subscriptions and publications; conference brochures, and text of address by Sir Peter Buck in March 1949 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1947-1948
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-07/07
Description: Includes balance sheet and correspondence, mainly concerned with subscriptions and publications, and some correspondence with authors Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes two photographs of tohunga's cave, Maketu, Bay of Plenty, excavated 1930-1931
Correspondence
Date: 1949
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-07/08
Description: Includes correspondence mainly concerned with subscriptions and publications; and correspondence with printers and authors Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1945-1951
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-07/04
Description: Includes annual accounts for 1946; and correspondence for 1942-1947, mainly concerned with subscriptions and publications, marked Publications up to 1946 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and notes for papers
Date: 1915-1921
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-04A/04B
Description: Papers, some of which were published in the Society's journal, with related correspondence. Includes Ancient drains, Pukepoto, Kaitaia, by D M Wilson, with related map and letter by Iehu T Puhipi about the Ditch of Kauri; Some place names of the islands of the Society group, by Elsdon Best; Notes on Pilini key words, by F W Christian; list of Ontong Java keywords by H A Markham of Leueneuwa (Liungiua) Islands; Quelques illustres marins Paumotu des temps passes, by P Herve Audran, missionary at Tuamotu; Te Taringa roa, a Mortlock Islands custom, by F W Christian; Mangaian - English vocabulary, by F W Christian; France and New Zealand, by T S Bassett; waiata of Te Kooti, with translation; comparative philology of Pacific Islands phrases, and of Eastern Carolines language, by F W Christian Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and notes
Date: 1896-1915
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-04A/04C
Description: Includes Notes on Maori origins, by Mr Ferguson of Hokianga; Time and a generation, by Hare Hongi; Ruatapu, Whiro and Toi, by Hare Hongi; He korero mo Wairangi raua ko tana wahine ko Parawhete, by Matenga Hori; He karakia patu ngarara, ana kai i te maara kumara, and other notes, by Hare Hongi; On the survivals of ancient customs in Oceania; Ngati Kahungunu materials from T W Downes; Maori kitchen middens, by Taylor White; Ko te korero mo nga pa e toru i te puke, by Tarakawa Also contains a brief essay about Te Rauparaha of the Ngati Toa. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1925-1932
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-04B/10
Description: Correspondence files for 1932 organised alphabetically by name of correspondent. Includes letter from Carl Pfeifer enclosing a copy of Chief Judge Jones' 1925 judgement regarding the Tarawera Block. Other - Previous identifier 80-115-04B/09A Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and notes for papers
Date: [ca 1926]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-04A/03B
Description: Papers submitted for consideration for publication. Includes a whakapapa chart copied by T W Downes from notes by Walter Buller which were dated `Christmas 1860'. Chart starts with Rangi and Papa and finishes with 1860 entries, noting where some iwi and hapu started. Also includes articles and notes by George Graham on Nga Rakau o Tu-tangi-mamae, an ancient carved house of Otakanini, Kaipara; on He Taki Kiore - a charm; on Rongo-Matua-Tonga, the Maori god of peace; on Ngai-tai tribe of Torere, East Coast; on Oparuparu pa carvings; on the hangi or umu in ancient Britain; on the lament for Nukutawhiti by Hone Mohi Tawhai; and on Kaharau, an incident of divination by human sacrifice. Also Notes on a Tatooed Chief: an Urewera Survival, by R W Firth, with a photograph and drawing of Waewae Te Kotahitanga (Tuhoe); and letters from E E V Collocott on Tonga. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes photographs and sketch